SHALLOWNESS

superficiality, shallowness

(noun) lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling

shallowness

(noun) the quality of lacking physical depth; “take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shallowness (usually uncountable, plural shallownesses)

the property of being shallow

Source: Wiktionary


Shal"low*ness, n.

Definition: Quality or state of being shallow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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